Improved washing-machine



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@wat @Mira Leners Parmi No. 102,373, .ated April 26, 1870,

IMPROYED WASHING-MACEINIL The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may conce/rn.-

Be it known that I, HANSON COOK, of New Bridgeport, in the county ofBedford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Washing-Machines; and I do. hereby declare the lfollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings which are made a partoi"`this speciiication; and in which- Figure 1 is a plan of a myinvention.

Figure`2 is a central transverse section of the same.

Figure 3 isa plan of the lower rubber.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists in the arrangement and coustruction of certainparts, as will be hereinafter more i'ully described.

In order that others skilled in the art to whichmy invention appcrtainsmay be enabled to fully understand and use the same, I will proceed todescribe its construction and operation.

In the drawings- A represents the tub or box, whose sides prefer' ablyslant outward from the bottom, as shown.

The crooked legs B are intended to form a broad hase to preventthe tubfrom tottering or tilting over.

The legs at each end of the box are'l formed together by cross-pieces O,which forml the supports ,upon which the tub rests, and to which thelatter may be screwed or otherwise made fast.

D isa stationary rubber occupying a central position within the box A. v

This rubber rests upon the bottom of the tub A, and its lrollers d andslats d' are parallel with thev longitudinal center of the tub.

The rubber D can belifted out of the tub, but when iu operating positionit is held against displacement by the strips E, which are screwed orotherwise fastened tothe bottom of the tub, and which fit between theside-pieces d d of said rubber D.

The rollers and slats of the, lower rubber D, as well as those of theupper rubbers F, are similarly or diversely corrugated or furrowed.

'Ihe rollers d have iron journals projecting from their ends, and theside-pieces d2 of the rubber D have attached to them notched metallicplates G G,`which ati'ord bearings for the said journals.

Strips HH, screwed to the side-pieces" of the rubber- D, confine thejournals of the rollers in the notches of the plates G G, and saidstrips, being readily detachable, enable one or more of theV rollers. dtpbbe removed and replaced without injury to the ru er.

The slats d1 are nailed to the side pieces dz, andthe slats and rollersare situated at about one-fourth of an inch apart, to allow the water topass through the rubber.

washing-machine embodyin g The rollers d are in close proximity to thebottom of the tub,

The oblique vcorrugated or furrowed slats of the upper rubber F areconnected together by the sidepieces f j; whose bottoms are arcs of thesame circle as the tops of the side-pieces dz of the lower rubber.

I I are the side-pieces of a frame to which the operating-handle Ix isattached.

These side-pieces I I are screwed to the side of the rubber F.

The rubber F is mounted to vibrate transversely, of the box A, and therod J, upon which the suspending-frame I I I is supported, has itsbearings in the side pieces of the frame K K K', which is hinged bymeans of the rod L to the two pieces M M, which are screwed to the backof the box A.

The suspending rod J should be somewhat below the center of the circleof which the rubbers form an are, so as to give the upper rubber adrawing action upon the clothes, and cause the ends lof said rubber toescape thesides of the box during operation.

It will be observed that inasmuch as both-the. rubbers D and F, togetherwith the framcsI I I and K of the lattervare left free and unobto beingwashed. Soiled portions of garments or upon other parts. y

The side-pieces K K of the supporting-frame extend across the box A,and, by depressing said frame by means of its handle K', the rubbcrF maybe made to exert the desired degree of pressure4 upon the clothes duringoperation. he rubber I, being suspended in the manner described, will,of itself, conform tothe thickness or bulk' of the material to beoperated upon.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is l Theconstruction and arrangement, of the rubber D with rollers havingoblique corrugation, and arleave spaces N at each end for clothes, 86o.,and under the rubber for sediment, in combination with the metallicplates G G, and journals, confining-strips H H, and slats d, as shown infig. 3, the rubberF, the suspended and pivot-ed frame IK, and tub A, asshown and described.

The above specicatiou of my improved washing-machine, signed this 7thda'yvof May, A. D. 1868. Witnesses: HANSON COOK.

LEVI RIGER, JAMES G. DEVON.

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K K are situated at the center of the tub, the spaces v whiletheremainder hasa chance t-o soak, preparatory f other articles maybe thuswashed without operating I ranged transversely at the middle of the tub,so as to'

